Special toilets have special needs
What kind of toilet do you need when you don’t live on land? We ask that question every day, because we work with communities living on lakes, flood plains and high in remote mountains. Living in the places where standard sanitation systems don’t work. If we are to...
Inside advantage
Aleixo Santos is a naturally cheerful person keen to take the time to talk about Plan International’s work with EWB Australia’s Field Professionals, despite his hectic schedule managing the WASH program in Timor-Leste; a young nation working hard to overcome poor...
Community centered pro bono conceives a place of healing
For landscape project Sister Kate’s Home Kids Aboriginal Corporation’s “Bush Block“ in Perth, a team of architects and designers working pro bono through EWB Connect used a community centered approach to conceptualise an award winning plan that embodies...
The sisterhood supporting women engineers
In Timor-Leste essential services and infrastructure are still developing and a relatively low-skilled engineering sector compounds these challenges. Women in particular face specific barriers accessing education and employment. So EWB Australia’s program Feto...